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WTH? And we wonder why we’re losing out to other economies and have to import skilled labor (not a bad thing per se, where it makes sense) but throwing your ow

• BeetleB 5y ago
  There's more context to it than most people report. Those requirements haven't always been there - they were added at some point not too long ago - so at worse they're going back to older standards. Also, those particular requirements are/were a bit unusual - I believe many/most states don't have them. So as backward as it may seem, it's not more backward than the rest of the country.
• 1cvmask 5y ago
  Importing immigrants is the easy way out. Improving schools is a non-starter. At least for most public schools. Instead of focusing on the basics like math and language proficiency we have the stranglehold of the teachers unions and the academic sports complex (where there 80 million dollar high school football stadiums): https://www.chron.com/sports/highschool/article/Most-expensive-high-school-football-stadiums-Texas-13145194.php https://www.chron.com/sports/highschool/article/Most-expensi...
  • mc32 5y ago
    We’re failing kids in the most basic academics. How can we ever hope to be long term competitive? Third world countries treat academics with more importance and rigor than this kind of defining the problem out. Let’s see the governor redefine taxes and see if the IRS humors that. Neither will life for these kids.
• seanmcdirmid 5y ago
  I’m not sure how more low bar state standardized testing really plays much of a role in our competitiveness. Students in Oregon already have to pass certain classes to graduate.